Table tennis: Swinging the racket billions of times, achieving a grand slam

Chapter 41 [041] Xie Mingyang vs. Ding Xiaowei, a duel of balanced offense and defense! (Please read on)

It was so quiet all around that you could hear a pin drop.

Countless eyes, like spotlights on the stage, were all focused on the two of them.

Several heavyweight national table tennis players were present to watch the game.

The audience, such as Ouyang Liangqin and others, naturally could not let loose as before.

"Whoo~"

Ding Xiaowei let out a long breath.

Holding the racket, he slightly bent his legs, lowered his body's center of gravity, and stared at the opponent closely with eyes like a hawk, without blinking.

"Da da da, da da da, da da da..."

Xie Mingyang also lowered his body, with a small ping-pong ball placed in the palm of his left hand.

Two seconds of silence.

Throw the ball vertically upward.

While quickly moving your left arm away, turn your waist backward and build up power for the racket.

Wait until the ping-pong ball falls.

Choose the right moment, use your waist and abdomen to exert force, and as your body's center of gravity rotates, the rubber of the racket rubs the middle and lower part of the ping-pong ball.

Perfect synergy!

The ping-pong ball flew over the net with a strong sideways spin and headed towards the net just to the right of the center line of the opposite half of the table.

The arc was low and the ball was short and close to the net, making it impossible to get the ball started.

Ding Xiaowei quickly stepped forward and swung back gently with an extremely delicate touch.

Just 0.01 seconds.

The ping-pong ball landed back at the center line near the net of Xie Mingyang.

The arc is low and short.

It also limited Xie Mingyang's ability to get started.

In this situation, Xie Mingyang also chose the safer swing back.

But, he overlooked one point.

A very fatal point.

The moment the racket touched the ping-pong ball, an ominous premonition suddenly exploded in Xie Mingyang like a cannonball.

"Oops!"

Xie Mingyang's face changed slightly, and he thought to himself that something was wrong.

at the same time.

Wang Liqin, who was watching the game off the court, saw the shape of Xie Mingyang's shot when he stepped forward, and in an instant, he seemed to have seen the result.

"Ok?"

Wang Liqin couldn't help but frown.

idiot!

The opponent is using long rubber in the backswing!

If it is a rubbing of anti-glue, it will be backspin no matter back and forth.

But the long rubber is different.

When a backspin ball is served or rubbed out with anti-glue, once it is returned by the opponent, it will either have no spin or topspin.

How can you use the short racket type that is designed to handle backspin to return a non-spinning or topspin ball?

This is like a duel between two martial arts masters.

The opponent was clearly using the "Black Tiger Heart-ripping" move, but you used the "White Crane Spreads Wings" move instead. Aren't you asking for a fight?
At the moment of touching the ball.

Xie Mingyang realized something was wrong and quickly retreated off the stage.

However, it was too late.

Ding Xiaowei seemed to have calculated Xie Mingyang's mistake in this ball in advance, so he was well prepared.

The moment Xie Mingyang returned the ball high, he returned the ball with extremely fast hand speed.

He poured force into his right arm, and murderous intent suddenly arose!
"Snapped!"

The sound of the ball hitting the ground was deafening.

There are no fancy techniques, the main point is that great force can create miracles.

The ping-pong ball was wrapped in an enormous force, with the sound of wind and thunder, and it hit Xie Mingyang's forehand half of the table hard.

This ball was powerful and fast.

Although Xie Mingyang quickly withdrew from the stage and tried his best to save the situation, he was ultimately powerless.

0: 1.

Ding Xiaowei got off to a good start and scored the first point in the first game.

"Cuo Le!"

Ding Xiaowei clenched his fist, turned around and shouted, "Cuo——"

Like the roar of a Buddhist lion.

But Coach Liu was seen standing outside the field, smiling, nodding, and clapping gently.

As expected before the game, Xie Mingyang had not played against long rubber for a long time, and it took him a while to change his habitual thinking.

Coach Liu looked at Ding Xiaowei with a smug look in his eyes, as if he was saying to Ding Xiaowei: "The tactical application was very successful. Just keep playing like this and keep it up."

the other side.

Xie Mingyang's coach loudly reminded: "The opponent is using long rubber! Watch out for his backhand! Keep an eye on the racket face!"

Listening to the coach's calls behind him, Xie Mingyang nodded silently with a blank expression and reached out to wipe the racket.

It was just the first ball. Even though he knew it was his mistake, it did not cause any ripples in Xie Mingyang's heart.

"I haven't played with long rubber for a long time. So what if I'm not used to it?"

"Best of seven, there's time to get familiar with it."

"It's just a small mistake, it's not worth mentioning!"

Xie Mingyang remained indifferent and not panicked at all.

His eyes are still sharp and his aura is still steady.

Of course, the lessons from mistakes must be learned and remembered, and we must try not to make the same mistake again next time.

Keep serving.

Xie Mingyang still served a short ball from the side, but the landing point was slightly changed.

The center line was slightly to the left of the half table. Facing the ball's take-off, Ding Xiaowei backhanded down gently and hit a long ball from Xie Mingyang's backhand baseline.

This time, Xie Mingyang kept an eye on Ding Xiaowei's racket face and shape in advance.

In a very short time, he predicted Ding Xiaowei's long return and decisively retreated from the table.

Squat down with your legs, press your body's center of gravity downward, lower your right arm, and bend your wrist inward to accumulate strength.

Waiting for the ball to come down.

Power rises from the ground.

A huge and ingenious force, at the speed of a 100-meter sprint, was instantly transmitted from the thighs that were pushing against the ground to the tense waist and abdomen.

Twist your waist and raise your hips to move your right forearm.

Finally, all the strength was instantly gathered on the wrist that was holding the racket inward.

Use your fingers and wrists to exert force.

Rub the ping-pong ball vigorously while hitting it.

"laugh!"

The ping-pong ball carried an extremely strong rotation, stirring the air wherever it passed, and flew towards Ding Xiaowei's backhand.

Although the power of this ball was a little weak, its rotation, arc and landing point were perfect.

Especially rotation.

Ding Xiaowei's eyes darkened as he saw this: "Getting better!"

He quickly retreated to the middle stage.

When the ball fell in an arc, Ding Xiaowei stood in a good position and cut with his backhand, drawing a crescent-shaped arc in front of him.

With the help of the body's center of gravity and delicate touch, he managed to cut the ball back steadily.

and.

The arc is low and the backspin is strong.

"what?"

Wang Liqin saw Ding Xiaowei's slice and suddenly his eyes lit up, "This slice is good."

Seeing Ding Xiaowei cut the ball back steadily, Xie Mingyang didn't expect this shot to directly kill the game.

I'm already prepared to move on to the next board.

He aimed at the landing point, leaned sideways and lowered his waist, and hit a high lob with the same strong rotation.

Ding Xiaowei adjusted his steps and body position, and used his backhand long rubber to cut the ball steadily again.

but,
This time, Xie Mingyang suddenly felt murderous.

Turn your waist and lower your hips, step firmly with your right leg to accumulate strength, draw your arms backward, and slightly relax your fingers and wrists.

Facing the peak of the incoming ball.

Pushing off the ground, twisting the waist, thrusting the hips, swinging the arms, grabbing the shots... the movements are smooth and done in one go.

Whip-like force!
"Snapped!"

It was like firecrackers exploding.

The small ping-pong ball instantly turned into a tiger rushing down the mountain, and flew towards Ding Xiaowei's backhand half of the table with unstoppable momentum.

"Fuck!"

Unexpectedly, Xie Mingyang would burst out with force so quickly, and Ding Xiaowei's face changed slightly.

He was very clear about the power of Xie Mingyang's explosive attack.

But there was no time to think about it.

There was no time to retreat from the table, so Ding Xiaowei could only lean back to relieve the force and try to cut the ball out.

The result was what he wished.

But the quality of the return ball was obviously not as good as the previous one.

"Snapped!"

Xie Mingyang made another explosive charge, still choosing to press Ding Xiaowei's backhand.

Facing this ball, Ding Xiaowei had no choice but to stand in the backhand position and cut the ball back.

however.

Xie Mingyang refused to give in and continued to charge forward, attacking Ding Xiaowei's backhand.

Ding Xiaowei secretly groaned.

He already understood Xie Mingyang's intention. If he continued like this, sooner or later he would be killed by Xie Mingyang's sudden change of direction.

Unsurprisingly.

In the next board, Xie Mingyang indeed changed the landing point.

He slightly adjusted his body's center of gravity, and with a snap, he accurately and accurately rushed towards Ding Xiaowei's forehand at a wide angle.

"Fuck!"

Although we expected it, we could never prevent it.

Ding Xiaowei jumped up without thinking and tried to save the ball.

There is no way the possibility is only one in ten thousand. You must never give up before the ball drops to the ground!
It’s a pity that I was still half a step slow.

1: 1.

The score was evened.

There was immediate applause all around.

"Who lit the firecrackers? Damn, my ears are almost deafened."

"Fuck, Xie Mingyang's charge was really fierce. It seemed like he was stimulated by the mistake in the first ball. He was so ruthless."

"I think the most outrageous thing is that Ding Xiaowei was able to cut off this level of explosive charge. There is something special about him."

"Nonsense, if they don't have that, how can they make it to the semi-finals?"

Whether it was Xie Mingyang's explosive attack like a storm, or Ding Xiaowei's steady defense.

One attacker and one defender...ah, one attacker and one defender, it's all a pleasure to watch.

Even the two big guys watching the game from the sidelines, Wang Liqin and Wang Hao, smiled and couldn't help but applaud.

"Brother Li, when you saw Xie Mingyang and Ding Xiaowei playing basketball, did you also think of an old friend?"

Wang Hao smiled.

"No!"

Wang Liqin smiled, his eyes full of memories of the past and the feeling that time has passed and will never come back, "Yes, two."

(End of this chapter)